Problems I'm experiencing--long

January 20, 2003

When I was pregnant with my second, I had to use the county hospital. Care was

good, but one doc and I had a loud disagreement in the clinic. I was 23 and

having my second C section. I asked for the paperwork to permit a tubal

ligation, as I was getting divorced and didn't want to risk getting pregnant

again (they said 3 was the limit on this C section).

This young " punk " (to put it nicely) told me I was too young to make such a

decision and he wouldn't give me the papers. A doctor across the room came over

and handed me the paperwork I needed and so he became my ob/gyn.

It takes guts and persistence to get the right treatment and info at tax funded

hospitals. Keep up the fight Tat.

Alley

January 20, 2003

When I was pregnant with my second, I had to use the county hospital. Care was

good, but one doc and I had a loud disagreement in the clinic. I was 23 and

having my second C section. I asked for the paperwork to permit a tubal

ligation, as I was getting divorced and didn't want to risk getting pregnant

again (they said 3 was the limit on this C section).

This young " punk " (to put it nicely) told me I was too young to make such a

decision and he wouldn't give me the papers. A doctor across the room came over

and handed me the paperwork I needed and so he became my ob/gyn.

It takes guts and persistence to get the right treatment and info at tax funded

hospitals. Keep up the fight Tat.

Alley

January 20, 2003

When I was pregnant with my second, I had to use the county hospital. Care was

good, but one doc and I had a loud disagreement in the clinic. I was 23 and

having my second C section. I asked for the paperwork to permit a tubal

ligation, as I was getting divorced and didn't want to risk getting pregnant

again (they said 3 was the limit on this C section).

This young " punk " (to put it nicely) told me I was too young to make such a

decision and he wouldn't give me the papers. A doctor across the room came over

and handed me the paperwork I needed and so he became my ob/gyn.

It takes guts and persistence to get the right treatment and info at tax funded

hospitals. Keep up the fight Tat.

Alley

January 20, 2003

When I was pregnant with my second, I had to use the county hospital. Care was

good, but one doc and I had a loud disagreement in the clinic. I was 23 and

having my second C section. I asked for the paperwork to permit a tubal

ligation, as I was getting divorced and didn't want to risk getting pregnant

again (they said 3 was the limit on this C section).

This young " punk " (to put it nicely) told me I was too young to make such a

decision and he wouldn't give me the papers. A doctor across the room came over

and handed me the paperwork I needed and so he became my ob/gyn.

It takes guts and persistence to get the right treatment and info at tax funded

hospitals. Keep up the fight Tat.

Alley

January 20, 2003

Claudine said <<A medication that works well and is also cheap is

amitriptyline. It is a tricyclic antidepressant that works by

inducing a deep stage 4 sleep.>>

I used that too and it really made a big difference in how I felt. I got better

sleep and altho not " cured " of the fibro, it really helped my mental/emotional

outlook and I wasn't quite so tired.

Now I take Doxipin at nite to sleep for the itching.

Alley

January 20, 2003

Claudine said <<A medication that works well and is also cheap is

amitriptyline. It is a tricyclic antidepressant that works by

inducing a deep stage 4 sleep.>>

I used that too and it really made a big difference in how I felt. I got better

sleep and altho not " cured " of the fibro, it really helped my mental/emotional

outlook and I wasn't quite so tired.

Now I take Doxipin at nite to sleep for the itching.

Alley

January 20, 2003

Claudine said <<A medication that works well and is also cheap is

amitriptyline. It is a tricyclic antidepressant that works by

inducing a deep stage 4 sleep.>>

I used that too and it really made a big difference in how I felt. I got better

sleep and altho not " cured " of the fibro, it really helped my mental/emotional

outlook and I wasn't quite so tired.

Now I take Doxipin at nite to sleep for the itching.

Alley

January 20, 2003

Claudine said <<A medication that works well and is also cheap is

amitriptyline. It is a tricyclic antidepressant that works by

inducing a deep stage 4 sleep.>>

I used that too and it really made a big difference in how I felt. I got better

sleep and altho not " cured " of the fibro, it really helped my mental/emotional

outlook and I wasn't quite so tired.

Now I take Doxipin at nite to sleep for the itching.

Alley

January 20, 2003

Tat,

Sorry I'm late in replying. All those symptoms I had too about 14 years ago

when I first discovered I had hcv (and a few years prior), even the bowel

problems.

I hope you get good help for your symptoms. They are very real and a lot of

heppers have them.

I wish I could take you with me to Holland. Would you resend your land address

to me please? (and anyone else who wants a postcard from Holland).

Big hugs to you Tat. I've been there, 25 years ago, doing the free clinic

stuff. I hope I never have to do it again.

Alley

January 20, 2003

Tat,

Sorry I'm late in replying. All those symptoms I had too about 14 years ago

when I first discovered I had hcv (and a few years prior), even the bowel

problems.

I hope you get good help for your symptoms. They are very real and a lot of

heppers have them.

I wish I could take you with me to Holland. Would you resend your land address

to me please? (and anyone else who wants a postcard from Holland).

Big hugs to you Tat. I've been there, 25 years ago, doing the free clinic

stuff. I hope I never have to do it again.

Alley

January 20, 2003

Tat,

Sorry I'm late in replying. All those symptoms I had too about 14 years ago

when I first discovered I had hcv (and a few years prior), even the bowel

problems.

I hope you get good help for your symptoms. They are very real and a lot of

heppers have them.

I wish I could take you with me to Holland. Would you resend your land address

to me please? (and anyone else who wants a postcard from Holland).

Big hugs to you Tat. I've been there, 25 years ago, doing the free clinic

stuff. I hope I never have to do it again.

Alley

January 20, 2003

Tat,

Sorry I'm late in replying. All those symptoms I had too about 14 years ago

when I first discovered I had hcv (and a few years prior), even the bowel

problems.

I hope you get good help for your symptoms. They are very real and a lot of

heppers have them.

I wish I could take you with me to Holland. Would you resend your land address

to me please? (and anyone else who wants a postcard from Holland).

Big hugs to you Tat. I've been there, 25 years ago, doing the free clinic

stuff. I hope I never have to do it again.

Alley

January 23, 2003

Tat

Sorry to hear that you are having such a difficult time. Mine is Nothing

compared to yours. I will offer up some prayers as that is about as much as

Ican do Hope the elavil helps with your sleep, You should think abut

turning that company in that is discusting how they are treating you.

seems inhumane. Take Care

Blessings

Suzy

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January 23, 2003

Yes, at this point in time my life is very difficult...but I am not alone and

others have problems much worse than mine. For instance the homeless people who

are out in our sub zero weather....or the people who are going through a

terrible time on tx....or the abused children in the world, etc. I do try to

keep it in perspective.

And as to turning work in....I think I have a lot of things I could take to the

labor board. Some of them are just she said/she said things which don't carry

any weight at all...but there are other illegal things going on there. But what

would that get me? Unemployed again. And I've learned a valuable lesson on this

job...I've learned to not put my hands around someone's throat and squeeze the

life out of them when that is exactly what they deserve. <g> If I trick on them,

I get fired....if they get shut down, I have no job. So I take it which is very

hard for me because I'm not that type of person and end up crying because I'm so

frustrated that I can't give it back to her. And I keep reminding myself that

what goes around comes around.

What I am experiencing at this time in my life, is nothing to what folks having

a tough time on tx are experiencing. Or the fear that people who are newly

diagnosed are experiencing.

Re: Problems I'm experiencing--long

Tat

Sorry to hear that you are having such a difficult time. Mine is Nothing

compared to yours. I will offer up some prayers as that is about as much as

Ican do Hope the elavil helps with your sleep, You should think abut

turning that company in that is discusting how they are treating you.

seems inhumane. Take Care

Blessings

Suzy

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January 24, 2003

Tatezi,

I have a suggestion on your sleeping problem and depression, also a question.

I've had hep since 1988, last year I started peg-intron and ribavirin. I had to

quit when my WBC went to 1.2. Immediately I got mono, now I have chronic

Epstien-Barr and an acute unactive thyroid (although from Sept to Nov I lost 27

lbs). Did you have thyroid problems before? For the depression and inability

to sleep, my doctor prescribed Trazadone. It has worked really well for me, I

hope maybe it will work for you too.

D.

Tatezi <tatezi@...> wrote:Yes, at this point in time my life is very

difficult...but I am not alone and others have problems much worse than mine.

For instance the homeless people who are out in our sub zero weather....or the

people who are going through a terrible time on tx....or the abused children in

the world, etc. I do try to keep it in perspective.

And as to turning work in....I think I have a lot of things I could take to the

labor board. Some of them are just she said/she said things which don't carry

any weight at all...but there are other illegal things going on there. But what

would that get me? Unemployed again. And I've learned a valuable lesson on this

job...I've learned to not put my hands around someone's throat and squeeze the

life out of them when that is exactly what they deserve. If I trick on them, I

get fired....if they get shut down, I have no job. So I take it which is very

hard for me because I'm not that type of person and end up crying because I'm so

frustrated that I can't give it back to her. And I keep reminding myself that

what goes around comes around.

What I am experiencing at this time in my life, is nothing to what folks having

a tough time on tx are experiencing. Or the fear that people who are newly

diagnosed are experiencing.

Re: Problems I'm experiencing--long

Tat

Sorry to hear that you are having such a difficult time. Mine is Nothing

compared to yours. I will offer up some prayers as that is about as much as

Ican do Hope the elavil helps with your sleep, You should think abut

turning that company in that is discusting how they are treating you.

seems inhumane. Take Care

Blessings

Suzy

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January 24, 2003